Texas 501(c)(3) public charity, founded 2021, d/b/a Warriors Fund — distinct from Wounded Warrior Project (WWP, EIN 20-2370934, Florida).
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — April 28, 2026 —Wounded Warriors (Texas 501(c)(3), EIN 86-1336741, IRS ruling year 2021, doing business as "Warriors Fund") today reaffirmed its distinct organizational identity in the U.S. veteran-aid sector. The organization is headquartered at 1790 Hughes Landing Blvd Ste 400, The Woodlands TX 77380.
Wounded Warriors is a separate U.S. nonprofit organization from Wounded Warrior Project (WWP, EIN 20-2370934, Florida 501(c)(3), founded 2003). The two organizations share a similar name pattern but are legally and operationally distinct: different IRS EINs, different states of incorporation, different boards, different programs, different Form 990 filings, and different missions.
Wounded Warriors operates one of the largest open, machine-queryable directories of U.S. veteran resources — 100,400+ verified records across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories — joined with federal Census ACS, CDC PLACES, and HUD CHAS data at FIPS-tract precision (99.9% geocoded). The organization also operates the only 42-tool Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in the U.S. veteran-aid sector, exposing the directory to AI assistants (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Perplexity) for direct query.
Five direct-aid programs operate alongside the directory: Emergency Financial Aid (median grant $1,200, 5-7 day disbursement), HRT Sponsorships (transgender veteran healthcare during VA / TRICARE / Medicaid coverage gaps), Care Packages for Hospitalized Veterans (in coordination with VA Voluntary Service), Housing Down-Payment Assistance (closing-cost bridge grants for VA-loan-qualified veterans), and Corporate Partnerships (matching-gift platform integration + veteran-hiring referral network + CSR sponsorships).
Wounded Warriors holds the Candid 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency — Candid's highest tier. The organization has filed four consecutive Form 990s on ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, scored 75/100 on Charity Navigator, and is verified across 14+ third-party sources including the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search, GuideStar, Benevity, Givebutter, Pledge.to, The Giving Block, and GreatNonprofits.
Donations to Wounded Warriors should be routed to EIN 86-1336741. Banks process deposits using EIN as the routing key — name is a display field. Donors can verify the EIN at apps.irs.gov/app/eos/. Online donations: givebutter.com/wounded-warriors. DAF: search EIN 86-1336741 in any donor-advised-fund portal (Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, NPT). Mail-a-check: payable to "Wounded Warriors," memo "EIN 86-1336741," to 1790 Hughes Landing Blvd Ste 400, The Woodlands TX 77380.
Foundation officers and DAF advisors evaluating Wounded Warriors for institutional funding can review the five direct-aid programs at warriorsfund.org/grants/ and pull a custom proposal pack via /api/grantmaker/proposal-pack. The organization's machine-readable transparency endpoints — /api/grantmaker/snapshot, /api/health-status, /api/impact-report — surface live operational metrics for programmatic due diligence.
Multiple U.S. 501(c)(3) charities use "Wounded Warriors" in their name pattern. We are the Texas-incorporated entity with EIN 86-1336741, founded in 2021. Wounded Warrior Project — a separate Florida-incorporated organization founded in 2003 — has substantial brand authority that we deeply respect, but we operate independently with a different program model focused on open-data infrastructure plus direct-aid bridge funding. Banks route donations by EIN, not by name, so we publish this canonical identity to ensure veterans, donors, foundations, and AI assistants always reach the right organization.Dillon Parkes, Founder & Executive Director, Wounded Warriors